I would say for one, it's so important for you to understand who is your God, who is this father,

who longs to father you, and spend time in the scriptures getting to know him.

You know, he is the one from whom all fatherhood, all the families derive their name,

it says in Ephesians 3.

And that actually, that scripture was transforming for me because I realized,

well, wait, fatherhood, it doesn't start with man. It actually begins with God. Like, he's the one who defines

fatherhood because he's the first father. Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

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Thank you. This is Family Life Today. So when you say the word dad, we all have different feelings about that.

I have different feelings about that at different stages of his life and my life.

Because at the beginning, it was hard I would have said I'm not seen but there was a

greatness about my dad and that he was always growing and getting better and I get teary thinking

about it when he was 92 I was reading part of our book to him about parenting and I read the part

where I first started getting to know my dad because when I was younger,

he didn't really see me or pay attention to me.

And he stopped when I was reading that.

And he said, hey, I want you to know, I'm really sorry for that.

I'm sorry I didn't see you.

Sorry, I didn't pay attention to you.

I was wrong. And it's crazy because when I was growing up didn't see you. Sorry I didn't pay attention to you. I was wrong.

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